The Crime of Helen Stanley

The Crime of Helen Stanley
The Crime of Helen Stanley
	Film poster
Directed by	D. Ross Lederman
Written by	; Harold Shumate
Starring	Ralph Bellamy
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	Otto Meyer
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 20, 1934;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Crime of Helen Stanley is a 1934 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman.^[1] The film is also known as Murder in the Studio.^[2]

Plot[]

Inspector Trent (Bellamy) investigates the death of film star Helen Stanley (Patrick) on the set. Another actor in the film, Wallach (Stephen Chase, uncredited) believes he has killed Stanley after he put a live bullet into a prop gun when he "shot" her, and commits suicide after confessing. However the live bullet was still in Wallach's gun. Other suspects are the cameraman, Stanley's lover Lee Davis (Richmond), her sister, Betty Lane (Grey), who is having an affair with Davis. Also in the mix are Stanley's business manager, George Noel (Page) who owed her $60,000, the director Gibson (Prival) who Stanley knew was an illegal alien, and Stanley's bodyguard, Karl Williams (Sherman), who was blackmailing her. Trent solves the mystery by reenacting the murder, where the true killer is revealed.^[2]

Cast[]

Ralph Bellamy as Inspector Steve Trent
Shirley Grey as Betty Lane
Gail Patrick as Helen Stanley
Kane Richmond as Lee Davis
Bradley Page as George T. Noel
Vincent Sherman as Karl Williams
Phillip Trent as Larry King (as Clifford Jones)
Lucien Prival as Gibson
Ward Bond as Jack Baker

References[]

^ Hal Erickson (2014). "The Crime of Helen Stanley". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "THE CRIME OF HELEN STANLEY(1934)". tcm.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

External links[]

The Crime of Helen Stanley at IMDb

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[NYTimes-1] Hal Erickson (2014). "The Crime of Helen Stanley". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

[TCM-2] "THE CRIME OF HELEN STANLEY(1934)". tcm.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

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